Farming in space: the struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 78 078 Four people in Jijia Village

The sudden appearance of the white-haired old man stunned everyone.

The others never thought of meeting a living person in this deserted village at all, but Yang Erlang thought of all the troubles that this person might bring.

But he was stunned for a moment, and after recovering, he had to think about how to deal with it next.

Everyone looked at Yang Erlang, waiting for Yang Erlang to come up with a charter.

Yang Erlang took a quick look at the old man. He was five or sixty years old, skinny, with a sad face, and he didn't look like he was threatening.

Of course, he is very clear that in this troubled world, everyone must be vigilant, the elderly, women, and children must not relax their vigilance. In the years of fleeing famine, he has heard rumors of some strong men who carelessly neglected women and children and died tragically.

"The old man is a villager here?
We passed by this place fleeing from famine, and we have been short of water for a long time, so we came here to look for water. Please don't mind the trouble if it bothers you so much. "

After Yang Erlang finished speaking, he nervously watched the old man's reaction.

This old man is old, probably not living alone, there should be other people living with him.

It may be the relatives of the old man. If not, if they can take care of an old man, then these people are not bad people, which greatly reduces the possibility of conflict.

But even so, the vigilance we should have cannot be relaxed.

The old man was just looking at them blankly at first, but after hearing Yang Erlang's words, he didn't know which words touched him deeply, and he suddenly rushed towards them excitedly.

When everyone retreated as if they were facing a big enemy and took up poles and wooden sticks to defend themselves, the old man rushed to Yang Erlang, who was guarded by two people behind him, and fell to the ground.
"Also ask the hero to save us!
We are villagers here, and we have been out of food for a long time, and we will not be able to survive!

I implore the heroes to give us a way out and lead us out of this deserted village! "

No one expected such a development. Yang Erlang was the first to react. After making sure that the old man was not carrying any weapons, he pushed away the two people in front of him and helped the crying old man lying on the ground.

"Don't cry, old man, can you tell us something about this village first?"

Yang Erlang helped the old man to one side of the stone and sat down, and he also sat down on the other side, pretending to be listening attentively.

The old man wiped away his tears and began to speak slowly.

The old man talked a lot, the things were very complicated, the time span was huge, and there was a lot of news in it, but a lot of it was meaningless, and there was not much really useful news.

Yang Erlang sorted out what the old man said and got such a story.

This village is called Jijia Village, it was originally a remote village, until a few decades ago there was a Jiju person, and it prospered for a while.

The descendants of this Juren produced another scholar. This scholar wanted to make Jijia Village prosperous again. He did a lot of things for this, but it was somewhat effective. Unfortunately, he caught up with the severe drought within a few years.

The severe drought for three consecutive years killed most of the people in the village. Those who were still alive felt hopeless, and more than half of them fled from the famine. In the end, only a dozen or so people remained in the village with Ji Xiucai to guard the well. Live on what little food is left.

Originally, they could survive for a year and a half by eating bran and bark, and maybe survive the severe drought, but God failed as people wished. A group of bandits came here a few months ago.

The bandits found here, robbed the little food left, killed the men in the village, and kidnapped the women in the village.

"When the robbers came, the old man and I were outside, and those people saw that the old man was old, so they only cut me once, but that knife did not kill me.

I watched them kill my son and grandson, and robbed us of food for survival. They, they are beasts!
I was rescued later, but others were not so lucky.

There were seventeen people in the whole village, including the old man and me, and four people survived. "

After hearing this, the people in the company were touched by the tragic events told by the old man. Thinking of their experience of running away from famine in the past few years, they all sighed with emotion.

Yang Erlang lowered his eyebrows, the old man was pitiful, but he was more concerned about where the other three people were, and what the old man meant when he said these things.

He didn't speak, waiting for the old man to continue.

"The bandits took all the food, and the four of us survived for more than two months by relying on the surrounding weeds and bark, and now we can't go on any longer.

Just at this time, I met you heroes, old man, I implore the heroes to take us to flee the famine and find a way to survive!

Although I am old, old man, I still have some strength and can help carry water to do things!

Ji Xiucai is a scholar, he can read and can help with many things.

And the kids, the kids, the kids are old enough to help with things...

I beg the heroes to accept us..."

The old man begged and bowed down at Yang Erlang's feet again.

This time, Yang Erlang took the initiative to support the old man and said,
"You don't have to be like this, old man. We are just a group of poor fleeing people. As long as we are honest and good people, we are willing to join our fleeing team."

"well."

Yang Erlang continued,
"I heard from the old man that the four of you are one old, two young and one a scholar."

The old man froze and said hastily,

"We can all do things, really! Really!"

"I know, but I have to make it clear to the old man. Although our fleeing team can provide a bite of food, it is only limited. If we really want food, we still have to do things in exchange."

"I save it, save it."

"That's good."

Yang Erlang nodded and said,
"We have to bring water back now, how about the old man call them out now and go back with us."

"Okay, I'll go and tell them right now, and ask some good guys to wait a little longer."

As the old man said, he got up and ran away for a while.

Yang Erlang stared blankly at the direction where the old man disappeared. The old man was not young, but he walked quite fast, and he was still thinking about finding their hiding place.

Now that this is the case, just wait.

He didn't really believe the old man's words, and he was wary of the old man, so he didn't let the water delivery person go first, but left everyone behind, so that even if there were any accidents, he would have the power to fight back.

It's just that he didn't expect that it would take a long time for the old man to leave.

Yang Erlang and his party were upset waiting in the village, and Ji Laoweng was dry mouthed in persuading Ji Xiucai in the cellar.

"Xiucai, I beg you, let's go, staying now is really a dead end..."

Ji Xiucai, who was as thin as a bamboo pole, was holding a child indifferently.

"Xiucai, I saw that they are really not bad people. When I talked about our being robbed by bandits, they also cried with me and scolded those beasts together. They are good people..."

This time Ji Xiucai spoke, concise and to the point, "Bandits are always cunning."

"Xiu Cai, Xiu Cai, I beg you, we will die if we stay, why don't we just take a gamble, just for the two children?

My sister has been ill for a few days, and if she has nothing to eat and a doctor to take care of her, is it really impossible?

And my brother, who is seven years old, looks like a four or five-year-old doll..."

Old Man Ji began to cry as he spoke, and Ji Xiucai's slender figure trembled slightly, as if he had been shaken.

At this moment, the doll sitting on the ground moved its mouth,

"Dad, I'm hungry..."

(End of this chapter)